Saint-Michel station (Montreal Metro)

Saint-Michel station is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. It opened in 1986.

For the tram station in Bordeaux, France, see Station Saint-Michel (Tram de Bordeaux).
Saint-Michel
Location7270 & 7325, boul. Saint-Michel, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°33′35″N 73°36′00″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth15.8 metres (51 feet 10 inches), 33rd deepest
ArchitectLemoyne & Associés
History
Opened16 June 1986
Traffic
Passengers (2019[1][2])4,770,170  7.1%
Rank22 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Snowdon
Blue LineTerminus

Overview
View of St-Michel from the platform.

It is a side platform station with two entrances on either side of boul. St-Michel connecting to a common ticket hall. Unlike all other stations on the Blue Line, the station is only as long as the six-car trains used on the line; all the others were built to accommodate a nine-car train. However, the station cavern is long enough for a nine-car train; the extra space could be opened and finished to accommodate full-length trains if and when the STM decides to extend the line east into the boroughs of St. Leonard and Anjou, committing to the line's original design.[4]

The platforms feature four abstract paintings under glass bricks, by Normand Moffat, Charles Lemay, Lauréat Marois, and Marcelin Cardinal.

Origin of name

Saint-Michel station takes its name from the street under which it lies, boulevard Saint-Michel, named since about the late eighteenth century for the former Ville Saint-Michel within which it is located. Saint-Michel is the French Catholic title for the archangel Michael.

Connecting bus routes
Main articles: List of Montreal Bus Routes and Société de transport de Laval
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
41 Quartier Saint-Michel / Ahuntsic
67 Saint-Michel
93 Jean-Talon
141 Jean Talon East
188 Couture
253 Navette Or - Saint-Michel
467 Express Saint-Michel
357 Saint-Michel
372 Jean-Talon

Nearby points of interest
  • Little Maghreb
  • Saint-Michel Library
  • Centre administratif - Ville de Montréal
  • Joseph-François-Perrault School
  • John F Kennedy School
  • François-Perrault Park

References
  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Saint-Michel Metro Station
  4. "Blue line extension". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
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